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Exclusive: TB Patient Asks Forgiveness but Defends Travel

In an exclusive interview with ABC's Diane Sawyer, tuberculosis patient Andrew Speaker said he never thought others were at risk for catching his deadly disease. "I'm very sorry for any grief or pain that I have caused anyone," Speaker said from his isolation room in the National Jewish Hospital in Denver. "I think if people look at my life, that's not … not how I live my life." Speaker, a 31-year-old lawyer from Atlanta, learned he had TB in January. In May, doctors realized his strain,...Full Story
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